Athletics - Archives 2017-18

The 2018 Ivy League Men's Lacrosse Tournament is coming to New York City. The tournament, which is being held at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium on the campus of Columbia University for the first time, is set for May 4 and 6. It's the first time in the history of the event that the tournament will take place at a predetermined site.

Columbia Athletics is seeking nominations for its Class of 2018 Athletics Hall of Fame class, which is scheduled to be inducted at the University's bi-annual banquet on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 at Low Library. The seventh annual Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony will kickoff Columbia's 74th annual Homecoming Weekend.

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Columbia Athletics hosted its annual Fireside Chat with basketball coaches Jim Engles and Megan Griffith Wednesday evening at the Arts & Crafts Beer Parlor in Morningside Heights. The event gave fans full access to both coaches before both Lions teams begin Ivy League play this weekend at Princeton (Friday) and Penn (Saturday).

Columbia University Associate Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer Jim Gossett has been inducted into the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame and '49 Club, the organization announced on Monday. He was honored before nearly 1,500 athletic trainers, athletic training students and other healthcare providers at the EATA's 70th annual awards banquet held Saturday evening at the Sheraton Hotel in Boston.

Taking advantage of one of its most successful fall seasons in school history, Columbia Athletics achieved its highest-ever ranking in the Learfield Directors' Cup standings as it concluded the 2017 fall campaign rated No. 36 nationally, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics announced Thursday afternoon.

Sixty middle school students from the Explore Charter School in Brooklyn recently visited Columbia Athletics to tour the department's facilities and participate in a panel discussion with several current Columbia senior student-athletes.